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Harvey Family Memorial Bridge

Click here for a press release for the event, hosted by Friends of Forest Hill Park, on Sunday, September 19, 2-4 pm, to dedicate the new Harvey Family Memorial Bridge across Reedy Creek, and to unveil the memorial marker nearby.

Please help us get the word out to people throughout the community about this event.

Thank you!

Monica Rumsey

Marker Project Coordinator

Friends of Forest Hill Park

233.7361

Holiday Tour of Homes needs houses

The committee planning this year's house tour for December 5 met recently and decided if we do not get at least 5 more neighbors to be on the tour, we will have to cancel it this year. This is the only fund
raising activity the association has so if we do not have it, we will
have to severely cut back on funding such items as tree planting, new
signage, participation and support for Music in the Park, etc. Please
consider putting your house on the tour. Your house does not have to
look like a magazine showplace but reflect the diverse and unique homes in our area.

As chair of the Woodland Heights Tree Committee, I've been keeping a close eye on the trees WHCA planted on Semmes Ave--they are all doing well. However, members of the Committee and I have noticed that some of the green watering bags have been removed. This is a problem because without the watering bags we cannot properly water the trees this summer. The trees and watering bags are on city land and were paid for by WHCA. They do not belong to individuals although individuals are certainly welcome to hep us keep the trees watered. If you have have removed a bag, or know someone who has, please help us get the bags returned to its tree.

Now for the opportunity. At our meeting on April 27th, WHCA approved $2,500 for 2010 tree planting on interior Woodland Heights streets in connection with Richmond's Adopt-a-Tree Program. WHCA will subsidize individuals who wish to plant a curbside tree in front or or adjacent to their house and agree to maintain the tree by watering as necessary. The City charge for adopting-a-tree is $50 tree and includues planting and watering bag. WHCA will subsidize $25 of the City's charge. The trees will be the same quality and size as those planted on Semmes and will include a watering bag. Individuals will have a choice of tree type as appropriate for their site to be determined by a city arborist. The program will be administered by the Woodland Heights Tree Committee. More details, application forms and deadlines will be forthcoming.

This is a rare opportunity to have a tree planted in front/adjacent to your house for only $25 and participate in the beautification of Woodland Heights.
Diana Scully
Chair, WHCA Tree Committee
dhscully@verizon.net

A new Fire Station is coming to the neighborhood! The new station will be located at 2211 Semmes Ave. & will replace the existing station at 2901 Bainbridge. Architectural plans are still being developed but their goal is to take architectural features from the neighborhood & weave them into their design. Click here to read a fact sheet from the Department of Fire and Emergency Services.

New events coming up this year! We are looking at a meet and greet event, a tubing trip through James River Parks, pot luck dinner and National Night Out in August. Got any ideas to help get to know your neighbors? Email us with your ideas at info@woodlandheightsva.org

Woodland Heights Civic Association is now a 501c3 nonprofit corporation. We will post more information about this and what it means soon. Congratulations and thanks to Jackie Crebbs, Diana Scully, Vicky Steinruck and all who were instrumental in accomplishing this.